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| Title | Graf Zeppelin II |
| Date | 10 November 1973 |
| Description | The rigid airship, Graf Zeppelin II, over Friedrichschafen, Germany. |
| Subject | Postcards
Airships
Graf Zeppelin II
German Airships
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| Contributors | On Loan to the Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Type | Image
Text
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| Format | 5.5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | RC_Airship_01.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Ruth Wright Clinefelter Postcard Collection
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Additional Information | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_130_Graf_Zeppelin |
| Transcript | Back of postcard reads: This Souvenir Post Card of the Rigid Airship Graf Zeppelin II. Comes to you from the 52nd anniversary exhibition of the Rubber City Stamp Club, Akron, Ohio. Photograph courtesy of Wingfoot Lighter-Than-Air Society. The German airship, Graf Zeppelin II (LZ 130), was launched September 14, 1938. The Graf II was built as a commercial ship, but flew only cargo and test flights over Germany. The United States refused to sell the necessary helium to Germany, so the Hydrogen filled ship was not allowed to carry passengers or fly over foreign soil. She made flights before being hangered at the outbreak of WWII. The airship was claimed to be the safest, most advanced dirigible ever built. The photograph shows the LZ 130 in flight over Friedrichschafen. Almost identical to the Hindenberg, LZ 130 was powered by four 4100 HP Daimler diesel engines giving her a cruising speed of 80 knots. Other dimensions were: Length - 811 feet, Maximum Diameter - 135 feet, Gas Capacity - 7,087,720 cubic feet. The day of the great rigid airships had finally come to an end and the greatest of them all, the LZ 130, was never given the opportunity to prove its value as a passenger transport. (This card is ninth in a series) |
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